Sarah Segal is a middle school teacher in Hood River, Oregon, specializing in history and social studies, language arts, and art. She has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years, is a former president of the Oregon Council for the Social Studies (OCSS) and current member of the NCSS Book Award Committee.

Venture Smith’s Autobiography and Runaway Ad: Enslavement in Early New York Alan J. Singer Classroom Debates Made Easy Kathleen M. Doyle King Coal: A Piece of Eastern Pennsylvania History Jill M. Beccaris and Christine Woyshner Coal: An Energy Source to be Reckoned With

Historical Letters: Integrating History and Language Arts Kay A. Chick ‘Tooning’ into History: Online Collections of Political Cartooons James M. Duran Weaving a Map: Making Global Connections Visible Teresa Secules and Rhodis Thompson Great Zeus! Creating Greek Myth Cards John Marshall Carter

Birmingham and the Human Costs of Industrialization: Using the C3 Framework to Explore the “Magic City” in the Gilded AgeJeremiah Clabough and John H. Bickford III The 1848 Women’s Rights Convention: Where was Frances Seward?Alan Singer

Turn Out Those Lights! The Merchant Marine and U-Boat Lane, 1942 Caroline C. Sheffield and Andrew J. Nichols The Greensboro Sit-In: When Students Took Charge of Social Change Eric Groce, Tina Heafner, and Katie O’Connor Is This Candy an Advertisement for Cigarettes? A Media Literacy Activity Steven S. Lapham  

An Emancipation Document by Ulysses S. Grant Kenneth Anthony and Mary Katherine Morgan

Evaluating the Social Aspects of Scientific Innovation: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Courtney Ferrari Analyzing Historical Political Cartoons: Helping Students With Diverse Learning Needs Analyze Primary Sources Grant R. Miller GMO T-Shirts: Pro and Con Cartoons

The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry Heather N. Hagan and Carolyn A. WeberWithin These Halls: In situ Primary Sources in Your Own School Benjamin R. Wellenreiter

Teaching About the U.S. Capitol Siege the Day After it HappenedSamantha Mandeville Teaching the Civil War in 2020–21Deirdre O’Connor Epidemics and Pandemics as Social Phenomena: Pivotal Moments in History that Altered SocietyEric B. Claravall

Preventing Bird Strikes on Windows Steven S. Lapham Climate Change and National Landmarks Union of Concerned Scientists Comprehending Big Numbers